Flying-machine.



C. E. BURROUGHS.

FLYING MAJHINE. APPLICATION HLED APR.30| i911 1 ,320,839.A Patented Nov. 4, 1919.

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FLYING MACHINE.

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FLYING-MACHINE.

Specibation of Iietters Patent.

`Patented Nov. 4. V1919.

Application led April 30, 1917. Serial No. 165,462.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. lBrin- RoUens, a citizen of the United .States of America, and a resident of Cincinnati, .1n the county of Hamilton and State of 0h10, have invented a certain new mid useful lm piovement in Flying-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fiying-inaclnnes having lifting-propellers, forwarding-propellers and stabilizing-planes together with suitable ower and controlling devices,

whereby t emachine may ascend o1' descend at variable speeds and in the direction required, the operator beingl enabled to handle! l said machine so that it can oe kept in mov:

' tion, advanced forwardly, practically floated sov or sustained at a stand-still in mid-air, and

advanced in a straight line or in a slanting line, or in a circular line, or piloted do7 wardly in a straight or other path an vlanded at the desired pointto'suit the purpose oxgobjeetive of the operator.

Thegdetails ofstructure as well 'as the modusf'opemndz' will be fully hereinafter ne-` ferred to in connection with the accompanyin drgxavings, in which,- l

, gure 1 1s a longitudinal elevation, taken on a, small scale, showing' the machine in itsv flight upwardly and at an angle forwardly in the direction'of the adjacent arrow' at its fore end; Fig. 2, a plan view of Fig. l; Fig. 3, a transverse section taken through the center of the-machine, on the dotted-line m, ai, of Fig. 1; Fig.A Il, a rear-end view of the machine, but on a slightly larger vscale than that of the three previous views; Fig. 5, a fore-end elevationof the machine taken on the saine scale as that of Fig. 4; Fig. 6, a fragmentary side-elevation showing the chain-driving and lever-controldevices for the side stabilizing-planes; Fig, '7,- a fragmentary elevation of the lever, chain and wire control devices for the rudder of the machine; and Fig. 8, a fragmentary elevation of the engine, lever, chain and frictiondrive controlling devices used in lifting and propelling the machine.

The frame of the machine is a slieleton and composed of one, both light andl strong, a lower tier made u of ongitudinal, vertical and inclined ro s, truss-fashion, and is provided with a base or platform 41, at the center of which platform .is located an' engine 2 for driving the various parts of the machine that are to be driven and to form the motive power thereof. VThe engine is nected longitudinal as well as vertical rodsf to make u a supporting-frame 3 for the lifting anc propelling devices that I willnowproceed to describe. I

v The liftin. devices are preferably composed ofl a ouble or superposed series of horizontal Propellers that are mounted on vertical shafts, the lower series'of shafts 4 v being short ones and surmounied by propel- 1ers 5, andalternated by long shafts 6, the

latter being surmounted by propellers 7, the propellers and 7 being thereby, preferably but not essentially, arranged out of vertical alinement so that they-succeed in gathering all the air possible for the ascent of. the lmachine. The Propellers 5 and 7 are, each made up of llght but strong canvas buckets that are somewhat pliable or fiexible and are adapted to scoop to the fullest extent the ainwithin reach and to develop the maximuni of iinpingemeut that is not ordinarily possible with the tractor-blades heretofore in use in'fthis class 'of flying-machines. In Fig. l l have shown a greater number of bucket-propellers 5 in .the lower series thanv in the upper series 7, the number in each series being dependent upon the size of machine.

'The lower ends of the shafts 4 and 46 are providediwith sprocket-Wheels 4 and 6, re-

spectively, and, over which sprocket-wheels' an ordina., drive-chain 6b is engaged for'- rotating said shafts, .said chain being made to alternate 1n connection with 'the series of sprocket-wheele so that the lower series of bucket-Propellers 5 is driven in a direction the .reverse of that of' the series of' bucket-propellers 7 and so as to maintain? the equilibrium of the machine as -rnuch as possible, especially at its upper ,part and to prevent its turning, what is termed, turtle. Saidvchain 6b yis driven by a vertical shaft that is duly geared to the driving 'freine-modi, eo t shown in l" t reni' teil end oi ll, the letter, :in turn, hei :i eproelreeehnin l?.

that, also, in torn. ie L iiven by sli-.ift lil, the letter g Close to the l'looror platforni l of the nieehine, ee heet shown in '1, end preliei'ehly eonneetel with the engine by menne el.' n :Eri 'on-d.rive eonlpoeed of the disks QFL :find Mb, ne Shown in e, so that the Seid reerfn'opeller l0 een be driven it variable eneeds sind under due Control. oi tire l t tlii'ifugli lever l2. The seid propeller ie einde up ezt the seme canvas bneliets ee :it referred to in eenneetion with t. i. W A"inoltrate ed? the pro pellere and Q. t-.e eeine 'forni for the better ii nient on he nir :for the fon 'Werding niov'en nt or eet/ion oil. the nmehine. The ehnin il (lli e.) engzigee et ite` iower bight with e. epmei #Wheel 3C keyed to ai shelf; 9, e einell i. ietion-wheel 9C being mounted on seid letter ehei't and veriehly engaging the fece of disk Elf. Clutches 10 and 1l are mounted on the Shaft for engagement with the diehis 9*? end 'l/3 through the instru]mentality or medium of the ne tueting levers 9 end 12b.

A redder l-t ie provided et t Y tore end of the .in-.whine und undei.1 due eentrol el? the pilot by menne oi the usuel rods i, ehe/in ltd., geur lei :i nd lever le", ee liest shown in Fig. i', and that center his position he neetli 'the protee'lordmod 15 that ie dnl)7 supT ported n'hove tl ine and the emit-rolling,L levers, the lo* :is eliown beet in Fig. l.

series or three plainte .is provided et the oppoe'ite Sidee el' the meehine, they being n'iounted in paire et the eppoi; ende et herir/.i l ei z -i dietrilniled Meng. the

mt oneehnlft eheii he :it the center.' the nniehine directly idiote-the proteetor-heod l5 ji below the piene of the lower edges oi the liiting-pi-i pellein 5 dnd the o tno eluttts being' :it the oppoA site ende of the ifrnnwfworlf, one heilig' to the rem.' of 'the rudder end 'the other to the :tore oi the propeller Till, :ill ne heet shown in l, but aleo well. shown in l? f2. The opposite end-plan. :ire deeignetedns le und `the middle-pinnen ne 17, the Suid opposite end-plnnef-s being' nzii'rower than those lli/W, .it beine' intended thereby 'to obtain the heet :stabilizing elleet et the inninfor middle portion of tie nieehine where'the moet 'weight thereof if.; pi. iheee etehilizingmlones tnete' need onder control of the pilot throru luna ol Sprocket chains i9, 9;@ :ind f I., l. f3-fl end. 25 that lend to piene@ further eonrenieut to 'hie :toi'ni wi' Y re that muy he angled en iiminnition, ne ehown in Fig. l, to snit i" ree olf iorwniwi-movement upwardly .r to attain the desired altitude, the ,wrenter the degree oli inclination oi." Such nlenee towerd. e vertical possition thereof be jing;l otiiined for e more direct perpendicular meent und the le eer' the degree, toward the horizontal position of euch planes, being for :i ieee dire vertieail :recent but for a, gradual ascent, ne well ne descent oi. the machine. In deflxeending, these planen serve as braking or reterdiin; menne for regulating such de- Scent und especially when approaching a lending of the machine. In order to have e speedy deseent of the niziehine it .isev'dent that enid planes muet lie arranged 'in a. pen peedieuler pow' ion so ne not to retard the downward-.niovement thereof, und the lift-l ing-piwnjiellers 5 and 7 ere then used, under A K rel of the pilot, to ineke such dene speedy ne lie deems fit and in pij'olmrtien to the speed et which the enel e run,

lei: olieretveiyeonneeted with the said en- 100 eine, e ore steering-rudder, superposed engle rowe of horizontal liil'ting-propellers provided along the .longitudinal center of the machine, mid, also, operativelyeorir1ec:tv-

ed with the seid engine, adjustable stabilizer 105 'binden or planes provided along the oppoeite sides oit the seid Superposed lifting'pro-` joelleis'mni edjneent the brises thereof, and

menne coinggirieing 'hand-levers and trainsniittinibr chaine or .rode forindependentlyll-O controlling the Said engine and the said liftnigprope1 lers, side blades or planes, ad-

veneinif-propeller :uid steering-rudder. In e. {Wing-indemne, a hase or plntfftm,

e fl1ivingengi1ie mounted on seid platform, 115

n rear drvngpropeller adapted to be actu-- ated hy said engine, e fore-rudder, a hori- :contnl row of liorizontel lifting-propellers mounted along the longitudinal center of the ninehine. on vertical Shafts operatively-orm- 120 neeted with the seid engine, a. Superposed horizontal row of horizontal lifting-propelllere oleo mounted along the longitudinal :enter 0i.2 the machine on vertical Shafts .row oit lifting-Propellers, ineens connected 'with the een endif e lorilriving. the Seid iigprepellerg in oppo r, horizontal., stabilizer hhidee' or plenos mounted successively on 130 veltei'mitiiie; with the shafts of $3,111 lower 125 i beef in frame of irzfmiggeil at the opposibe djzmen the liaise of in'v ugpmpellem, and 'ieiixl'evers mul eomiee'for independently cenine and the Seial propelzmd saliilizing fleliciizmitsil the, .machs sides o?? t Cr: l

we, e base. or platinium? l rid plm :in advanciifxgbearing; in the g-i'ulef :znn the e, a pail of sugary-seed rows of horizontal litingpropelleis mount- 'vfikh llze lewez row., means to actuante the n ,Sagl

ed on uitical Shafts that alternate each other so lmt the upper row of said liftingpiepellen; Shall be out o1 vertical alinement 20 seid superposecl rows 0f lifting-Propellers in opposite directions, stabilizing blades 0I' planes mvlmg ou horizontal Shafts at the 0pposiie sifles of the frmx1e-\vorl, the middle pair of blades or planes being wider than liese at the opposite ends of the machine, and means comprising hund-levers and con'- neetiiigg ros or chains for independently eontmllrig the said engine, advancing-pfw peil ,i3 s'zeering-midder,lifting-propellers and 30 sl'nbiliiug blades or planes.

CHARLES E. BURROUGHS. 

